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You and the falling satellite

Bob Collins September 21, 2011, 3:06 PM Sep 21, 2011

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The odds that someone will be hit by a falling satellite are 1 in 3,200.

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Science and the things we find on the Internet

Bob Collins September 15, 2011, 4:50 PM Sep 15, 2011

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Science, of late, has a hard time getting much respect.

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The wildfire quandary: Fight or flight?

Bob Collins September 13, 2011, 11:43 AM Sep 13, 2011

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Should the Forest Service just let wildfires burn, or make a significant effort to douse them immediately?

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How to see a supernova

Bob Collins September 8, 2011, 11:24 AM Sep 8, 2011

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If you should spot it, just remember that you’re looking 21 million years back in time.

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Speaking for chimps

Bob Collins September 7, 2011, 3:16 PM Sep 7, 2011

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What would it be like to never have been allowed to go outside?

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Weather

Hurricane Irene as seen from the space station

dgaraets August 26, 2011, 2:45 PM Aug 26, 2011

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I’m not sure what’s the coolest thing about this: The image and the audio? Or that we live in a day when we can watch our weather from space? Enjoy.

If an earthquake has your name on it …

dgaraets August 24, 2011, 10:47 AM Aug 24, 2011

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A fear of natural disasters can lead to some bad choices.

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Scenes from the sinkhole state

Bob Collins July 28, 2011, 12:12 PM Jul 28, 2011

It’s International Sinkhole Day, apparently. A happy one to you and yours.

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Sea of algae

Bob Collins July 28, 2011, 10:23 AM Jul 28, 2011

How hot and unpleasant does it have to get for you to consider swimming in this muck?

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Math and the baseball outfielder

Bob Collins July 26, 2011, 12:34 PM Jul 26, 2011

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How fast does an outfielder throw a ball?

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Report: We may be the only intelligent life ‘out there’

Bob Collins July 25, 2011, 3:36 PM Jul 25, 2011

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The genesis of life in other worlds is not inevitable.

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A ‘misassigned Minnesotan’s’ last shuttle mission

Bob Collins July 7, 2011, 2:20 PM Jul 7, 2011

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Roseville native Paul Dye will have no challenge to his record as longest-service space shuttle flight director.

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NASA: No conclusions about melting sea ice

Bob Collins July 6, 2011, 11:08 AM Jul 6, 2011

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NASA has a whole lot of “who knows” in its release today about sea ice around Antarctica.

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The corpse springs to life

Bob Collins June 29, 2011, 12:27 PM Jun 29, 2011

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The corpse flower is in bloom in St. Paul, but only for a few more hours.

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Give invasives a chance

Hart Van Denburg June 10, 2011, 3:40 PM Jun 10, 2011

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A paper from a Twin Cities professor calls on us to rethink our negative views of “invasive species.”

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Tag: Science

You and the falling satellite

Science and the things we find on the Internet

The wildfire quandary: Fight or flight?

How to see a supernova

Speaking for chimps

Hurricane Irene as seen from the space station

If an earthquake has your name on it …

Scenes from the sinkhole state

Sea of algae

Math and the baseball outfielder

Report: We may be the only intelligent life ‘out there’

A ‘misassigned Minnesotan’s’ last shuttle mission

NASA: No conclusions about melting sea ice

The corpse springs to life

Give invasives a chance